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Imbrasia tyrrhea
A big, beautiful black and silver caterpillar.
4-5 of these on a tree right next to a creek in a ravine between mountains. I of course didn't take a photo of the tree, so hopefully the leaves you can see tell you something about their host plant?
Saturniidae, Saturniinae, Imbrasia sp. and most probably Imbrasia tyrrhea.
http://www.gone-fishing.co.za/wp-content...
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/126739
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:I...
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/198115?nav=...
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/201901?nav=...
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/193723?nav=...
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/161535
Wonderful adult:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peetvs/7197...
Spotted on Jan 5, 2014
Submitted on Jan 21, 2014
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